Open post 🟦 @NaturaArtisMagistra@mastodon.world · 27mo ago Replying to @bascule@mas.to <p>Raccoons are trying to break into Cybertrucks, and there's some speculation that this is happening because the raccoons are literally confusing them with dumpsters</p> @bascule@mas.to Advice? Drop human urine in or around the vehicle.
Open post 🟦 @NaturaArtisMagistra@mastodon.world · 38mo ago Replying to @jbf1755@mastodon.social <p>Tomorrow’s UNC Daily Tar Heel.</p><p>As provided by its managing editor, Caitlyn Yaede.</p><p>Brilliant.<br />And heart wrenching.</p> @jbf1755@mastodon.social Dear other nations; sanction our asses until we agree to melt down every last firearm.
Open post 🟦 @NaturaArtisMagistra@mastodon.world · 32mo ago Replying to @courtcan@mastodon.social <p>Here's a truth for you -- especially if you haven't hit your 40s yet, maybe not even your 30s.</p><p>The truth is this:</p><p>*Nobody* knows what the fuck they're doing.<br />If someone seems like they have their shit together, either they are presenting you with a completely false front, or they are in a season of The Total Occasional Fluke of Everything Apparently Going Right and Coming Together.</p><p>But what are we really doing? Nobody knows. WE'RE ALL JUST DOING WHAT WE CAN WITH THE TOOLS WE HAVE AT THE TIME.</p> @courtcan@mastodon.social We know exactly what we are doing hour by hour day by day.
Open post 🟦 @NaturaArtisMagistra@mastodon.world · 33mo ago Replying to @petergleick@fediscience.org <p>Tip of the Day!</p><p>Here is a reminder to everyone [rightly] pissed at the incredibly high cost of peer-reviewed journal articles behind paywalls:</p><p>If you send an email to the lead/corresponding author (whose contact is almost always provided in the article, or easily found with google) and ask for a copy of the article, the author will almost universally be delighted to send a copy [legally] to you, free.</p><p>We authors LOVE it when someone asks for a copy of our articles!!!</p> @petergleick@fediscience.org I've never tried that. Thank you
Open post 🟦 @NaturaArtisMagistra@mastodon.world · 35mo ago Replying to @Quenby@cutie.city <p>The counter girl hopped right up when I walked in and was clocking in to help me. </p><p>Me: were you on break? I can wait until it's over I'm not in a hurry. </p><p>Her: no, we're supposed to clock out when there aren't customers</p><p>Me: oh no, honey, no. That's illegal. </p><p>Her: 😳</p><p>Me: not for you, for your manager or whoever told you to do that. </p><p>Her: it is? </p><p>Me: it's called wage theft when your boss doesn't pay you what you earned. when your boss requires you to stay here, he needs you pay you for your time. </p><p>Her: oh.</p><p>Me: here, this is the office number to an employment lawyer, call her and tell her you need to come in to talk about this</p><p>Her: I don't have any money</p><p>Me: we're gonna get your money, you already earned it sweetie.</p><p>Edit message to include a link to info about worker's rights: </p><p><a href="https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/workers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">dol.gov/agencies/whd/workers</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p> @Quenby@cutie.city Bravo burn whoever the thief is
Open post 🟦 @NaturaArtisMagistra@mastodon.world · 34mo ago Replying to @lolennui@mstdn.social <p>modern society is so divorced from our food sources that most people who eat pop tarts have never actually killed one themselves</p> @lolennui@mstdn.social I stopped killing pop tarts when I learned they were killing me.